Student research

Below is a sample listing of some of our recent major research paper (MRP) and thesis titles.

2022

A Vicious Cycle: An Examination of How the Feedback Loop Between Coup-proofing and Regime Insecurity Helped Facilitate the Rise of Pro-government Militias in the Syrian Conflict
Feasibility of Municipal Tax Reform: Seeking Accountability in the Municipal Budget with Tax Choice
Printing the Bomb: Additive Manufacturing and Nuclear Proliferation
Standards for the Control of Algorithmic Bias in the Canadian Administrative Context
Locating Emissions Outside the State: An Assessment of Alternative Models for Carbon Emissions Accounting
Alberta’s Critical Infrastructure Defence Act: Implications for Indigenous Communities
Canada a Global Health Influencer? Rethinking The Impact of Canada’s Political Theatrics on Public Diplomacy During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Narratives, the Self, and the Military: Understanding the Narrative of Canada’s Special Operations Forces

Fighting Fires: The Effectiveness of Intergovernmental Emergency Management in Canada
Climate Crisis vs COVID Crisis: A Comparative Look at Environmental Deregulation During the Early Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Who’s for the Trench: A Comparative Analysis of War-Related Discourse in the COVID-19 Speeches of the Prime Ministers of Australia and Canada

Understanding the Racial Policing of Black Canadians by Toronto's Police Service in Canada
The Varying Strategic Frameworks Employed to Navigate China’s Adventurism in Southeast Asia
Strategic Competition in Artificial Intelligence and the Balance of Power
Phasing out Fossil Fuel Subsidies in Canada: a Policy Roadmap
Challenging Collaborative Consumption at a Critical Juncture: Airbnb in the Matrix of Gentrification and Colonization
Economic Sanctions and Nuclear Non-proliferation: A Comparative Study of North Korea and Iran

The Patterns and Variations of US Influence Since 2001: A Middle East Case Study
Corporate Social Responsibility Performance and Transparency in Canada’s Natural Resource Sector
Al-Wala wa-l-Bara and the Western Foreign Fighters of the Islamic State
Timing is everything: Why Donald Trump succeeded on the ideas of Patrick Buchanan
More Than a Labour of Love: An Analysis of Precarious Living and Working Conditions of Filipina Domestic Workers Employed Under Canadian Live-in Caregiver Program

It’s Twitter, Stupid: Populism and New Media
Profiling Municipal Decision Agendas: A Pilot Study of Southern Ontario
Representations of Violent Women in Popular Culture and World Politics: The Mothers, Monsters, Whores, and Penitents of Young Adult Fantasy
Nordic Interventions in African Sustainable Water Development: Addressing Participation Deficits as a Primary Success Factor
Politics of Fear: Unitary Bias of a Federal Design in Nepal
Finalization of Corporate Governance
From Bilateral Investment Treaties to Cooperation and Facilitation Investment Agreements: A Study of the Brazilian Experience

Preventing Deaths in Custody: The Role of the Coroner's Inquest in Policy Change
“Free” to Express: Media Rights and Broadcasting Policy in Canada and the United States
Reforming the Status Quo in the Financial Sector: A comparison of post- 2008 Financial Governance Reforms in the United States and United Kingdom
A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Representation of Women in Canadian Armed Forces Policies and its Connection to Sexual Assault
Reproduction and the Ecological Dominance of Capitalism: Fertility in Advanced Capitalist Countries since the 1960s
Parallel Institutions in Global Economic Governance: A Comparative Analysis of the NDB, AIIB and the Silk Road Fund
To Save or Spend Oil Wealth: A Comparative Analysis of the Sovereign Wealth Funds of Norway and Alberta
Changes in Canadian Anti-Terrorism Policy Through Discourse

Manifesting Belief in Canadian Law: What is `Freedom of Conscience'?
The Rise of the Islamic State: Why Was It So Successful?
Reform, Risk, and Rural Migrants: A Case Study of Shenzhen’s Healthcare System and its Impact on Socioeconomic Risk for Chinese Migrants
A Comparison of Alberta and Ontario: Who is Incorporating Indigenous Content Better Within Its High School Curriculum?
A Table Set for Two - Climate Change and Food Security: Who Governs?
Progress or the Status Quo? Systems-Thinking and Targeted Practice in Development
Orwellian Canada: Our Home and Surveilled Land
Assessing the United Nations' Effectiveness in Tackling Sexual and Gender Based Violence in Conflict
Measure Twice, Cut Once: The Use of Evidence-Based Policy-Making in Canadian Social Assistance Policy

Central Bank Liquidity Swaps During the Time of Economic Crises: A Political Economy Perspective
Is Bosnia Ready for Reconciliation? Peace Education in the Aftermath of the "Bosnian Spring"?
Unintended Consequences: A Political Legacy of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples and the Idle No More Movement
Beyond Disposition: Accumulation by Dispossession and the Governing of Access
From Subsidies to Obesity: Increased Carbohydrate Consumption and the American Taxpayer's Double Burden

The Strategies of Small States in Maintaining Resilience in a "Vulnerable" Environment
How Does Local Ownership Increase Security Sector Reform Success?
Black Gold and Population Growth: Decreasing Oil Reservoirs, Increasing Population Growth, and State-Society Relations in Saudi Arabia
Sex and the City: The Growth and Development of Human Sex Trafficking within Global Cities
Little Mortar, Little Concern for the Developing World: Evaluating the Influence of the BRICS on Governance Reforms in the UNSC and IMF
Technological Innovation: A "Top Up" and "Bottom Down" Explanation of Wage Inequality
Kadyrovization in the Caucasus: Causes and Consequences of Allowing a Warlord to Thrive in Chechnya

Explaining the Paradox: Canada's Position in the Agricultural Trade Negotiations of the Uruguay and Doha Rounds
US-Canada Security Relations in the Post-9/11 Era: An Examination of Peripheral Dependency Theory
Analyzing the Necessary Conditions for Successful Participatory Budgeting: A Study of Four Municipalities in Brazil
#GenerationFlux: New Considerations of Youth Voter Turnout Decline in Canada
Bollywood Diplomacy: Emerging Dimensions in Indian Foreign Policy
Robots at War: The Ethics of Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles
Local Governments and Policy Responses: The Case of Shifang Protest
Chinese Foreign Direct Investment in North America: Comparing Canadian and U.S. Attitude

The Bigger Picture: Analysis of Euroscepticism Through the Prism of Trust in Mass Media Channels
The Roles of Non-State Actors in Transboundary Water Management
An Exploration of the Role of Women's CSOs in Peacebuilding Processes: Current Practices and Future Possibilities
The U.S. Financial Crisis and the Greek Sovereign Debt Crisis
Entrepreneurs of Violence - The Case of Karachi
Catalyst for Crises: The Effect of Expansionary Monetary Policy on Global Food Crises

The Effect of Issues and Groups on the Changes in Overall Sovereignty Support in Quebec
The Role of Process Legitimacy in Post-Conflict Constitution Making
Democratic Regime Advantage?: Acculturation Experiences of the Palestinian Diaspora
The Woman Question: A Study of Women's Advancement in Middle Eastern Society
Demand, Dislocation, Domination: The Three D's to Human Control
Transitional Justice Off Balance: The Effectiveness of Justice Mechanisms and the Rule of Law
Understanding the Effects of the Decriminalization of Drug Use on Organized Crime: A Study of Portugal